Route cards, ACH, and RTP through intelligent orchestration—idempotent APIs, reconciliation you can audit, and settlement windows that match how your treasury actually works.

One API surface for every rail—with ledger-grade correctness when money moves

We design payment routing, idempotency keys, and double-entry ledgers so retries never double-charge and finance can tie out to bank files without spreadsheet archaeology. Whether you are launching in one country or wiring secondary PSPs for resilience, the architecture makes failure modes explicit and observability first-class. Outcome: product teams ship new checkout flows while risk and treasury retain controls, SLAs, and evidence packs regulators expect.

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Payment Orchestration & Multi-Rail Settlement

01 // THE MANDATE

Route cards, ACH, and RTP through intelligent orchestration—idempotent APIs, reconciliation you can audit, and settlement windows that match how your treasury actually works.

We design payment routing, idempotency keys, and double-entry ledgers so retries never double-charge and finance can tie out to bank files without spreadsheet archaeology. Whether you are launching in one country or wiring secondary PSPs for resilience, the architecture makes failure modes explicit and observability first-class.

Outcome: product teams ship new checkout flows while risk and treasury retain controls, SLAs, and evidence packs regulators expect.

02 // ENGINEERING

Development process

Structured phases—from discovery to launch—with clear ownership and handoff points.

Discovery & rails map (weeks 1–3)

We document presentment flows, chargeback handling, existing PSP contracts, and regulatory constraints. Success criteria tie to authorization rates, reconciliation time, and support ticket volume—not vanity API latency alone.

Core ledger & APIs (weeks 3–10)

We implement the ledger model, idempotency, and webhook verification first—before widening rail coverage. Sandboxes mirror production semantics so QA catches race conditions early.

Orchestration & resilience (weeks 8–14)

Routing rules, failover paths, and reconciliation jobs land with chaos tests for PSP outages. Finance sign-off on settlement cut-offs and reporting.

Hardening & launch (weeks 12–18)

Penetration testing on public endpoints, load tests at peak multiples, and runbooks for incident and regulatory inquiries. Handover includes operator training and on-call rotation options.

03 // CAPABILITIES

Core Capability Matrix

The building blocks of your solution

Unified Payments API

cards, ACH, SEPA, RTP/FedNow where available—with consistent error taxonomy and webhook signing.

Orchestration

rules by amount, currency, risk score, and PSP health; circuit breakers and shadow traffic for migrations.

Ledger

append-only journal with immutable history; multi-currency with policy-driven FX sources.

Reconciliation

automated matching of PSP reports to ledger; exception queues with human review hooks.

Compliance

KYC/KYB hooks, OFAC screening integration points, and retention policies per jurisdiction.

Vaulting

tokenization strategy aligned with PCI scope reduction; key rotation runbooks.

Observability

trace IDs across checkout → PSP → webhook; dashboards for approval rates and latency SLOs.

Treasury

settlement calendars, cut-off alerts, and forecasting inputs from expected cash positions.

04 // DELIVERY LIFECYCLE

The strategic roadmap

Milestones and checkpoints—each phase has a clear outcome before the next begins.

Milestone 01Delivery

Weeks 1–3: Current-state assessment, target architecture, and phased cutover plan. Deliverable: integration map and risk register.

Milestone 02Delivery

Weeks 4–9: Ledger MVP, primary rail live in shadow, reconciliation alpha with finance pilot.

Milestone 03Delivery

Weeks 8–14: Secondary PSP, orchestration rules, exception workflows, and webhook hardening.

Milestone 04Delivery

Weeks 13–18: Production launch criteria met; DR drill; documentation and support playbooks.

Milestone 05Delivery

Ongoing: Quarterly vendor reviews, fee optimization, and roadmap for new rails or geographies.

05 // PRODUCT SCOPING

Choosing your path

Two engagement models—start lean and iterate, or commit to a full platform build from day one.

MVP

Speed & essentialism

Phase 1
MVP: single currency, one primary PSP plus manual secondary failover, core ledger, basic reconciliation export, and admin for refunds/chargebacks. Excludes full multi-region treasury, advanced fraud scoring, and broad alternative payment methods. Best for proving orchestration value with one product line before enterprise-wide rollout.
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Full product

Enterprise maturity

All-in
Full program: multi-currency, redundant PSPs with automatic failover, advanced risk and fraud hooks, treasury workstation integrations, granular RBAC, and SOC2-aligned logging. Optional 24/7 operations and dedicated CSM for peak events.

06 // PARTNERSHIP

Why work together

A single accountable partner across strategy, build, and go-live—not a revolving door of vendors.

John Hambardzumian
Direct collaboration

End-to-end ownership: discovery, architecture, implementation, and launch—with clear communication and production-grade engineering.

  • Discovery & alignment
  • Systems that scale
  • Implementation depth
  • Clear comms

07 // CLARITY

Frequently asked

Idempotency keys on every mutating call, server-side deduplication windows aligned to PSP behavior, and ledger postings that reconcile external IDs to internal journal lines—so network hiccups never become duplicate settlements.

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